• PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      I started looking for confirmation a bit ago and really appreciate your source. A search for ‘Merchant Mariner Ship ruh roh’ led me to the El Faro, but no articles contained the actual quote. On my phone browser it was quoted on 339, just as a heads up for anyone else.

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      2 months ago

      The last few pages of the transcript are chilling. I don’t know who this helmsman, AB-1, is, but I deeply feel for them.

      (Implied) heavy content

      CAPT: come on @AB-1. gotta move. (we) gotta move. you gotta get up. you gotta snap out of it- and we gotta get out. AB-1: okay. CAPT: come up. AB-1: okay.

      AB-1: help me. CAPT: don’t panic. don’t panic. CAPT: work your way up here. AB-1: I can’t.

      AB-1: help me. CAPT: you’re okay. come on. CAPT: don’t freeze up @AB-1. come on.

      AB-1: I can’t *. CAPT: yes you can *. AB-1: my feet are (slipping/slippery).

      AB-1: I need a ladder. CAPT: we don’t have a ladder @AB-1. AB-1: (a line). CAPT: I don’t have a line @AB-1. AB-1: you gunna leave me

      AB-1: (I need someone to/help somebody) help me. (you don’t wanna/you gunna) help me? CAPT: I’m the only one here @AB-1.

      AB-1: (I can’t). AB-1: I can’t. AB-1: (I’m gone/I’m a goner).